Partial Transcript: (Interview starts at 1 minute and 21 seconds) Janet Nakakihara and Janice Yokoyama Trubitt are nieces of Private First Class Sadao S. Munemori. Janet is born in Los Angeles, CA, on July 3, 1934. Janet's mother is Yuriko, Sadao's oldest sister. Janice is born on August 5, 1948, and her is mother Yaeko, Sadao's older sister.

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Keywords: family; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Janet's grandfather, Kametaro, immigrates to the United States from Hiroshima, Japan. Later he goes back to Japan and marries their grandmother, Nawa. Janet's grandfather comes back to the United States first, and later Janet's grandmother and Janet's mother, Yuriko, arrive. They settle in Seattle, WA. Janet hears from her grandmother that their grandfather works at the Winchester House in San Jose, CA. Then he goes into the farming business.

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Keywords: employment; family; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei; travel

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Partial Transcript: Janet's grandmother, Nawa Mashida, is well educated for women during that era. She comes from a well-established family. Her father is a doctor. Janet's grandmother has an easy life in Japan until she comes to the United States, and then she has to work hard. Janet describes her grandmother as intelligent, talented, and determined. Janet's grandparents have five children, Yuriko, Isao (Bob), Yaeko, Sadao, and Kikuyo (Ki-chan).

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Keywords: family; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei; siblings

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Partial Transcript: Janet thinks there is a three-year difference between her aunts and uncles' age range. The siblings have a close relationship. Janet recalls her grandparents, aunts, and uncles living in Glendale, CA. Janet says her grandmother is very ladylike, proud, smiles a lot, and loves wrestling. Janet admires her grandmother and has a close relationship with her. Janet recalls spending time with her grandmother until her family moves away. Janice's family lives in Hawaii and visit when they could. Janice recalls a memory of her grandmother.

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Keywords: family; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei

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Partial Transcript: Janet's parents go to Japan in December 1940 because Janet's father's mother and brother are ill. In 1937, Janet's grandfather (mother's side) passed away. Janet lives in Japan for seven years. Janet's father is a doctor and treated his mother and brother's illness. When the war started, Janet's father is drafted into the military because he is a Japanese citizen. Janet's father goes to the South Sea Islands.

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Keywords: draft; family; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei; travel

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Partial Transcript: After the war ended, Janet's father is picked up by the Australian Army to serve as an interpreter. He works with the Australian Army until 1949. Janet recalls the American Occupation Forces after the war in Japan. Janet says the Japanese civilians are fearful and are in hiding.

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Keywords: Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; occupation; Sansei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Janet's father is in service during the war, and Janet is with her mother. She recalls the Japanese civilians hiding during the occupation in fear. However, the American Forces are not what the Japanese civilians thought. Janet discusses the rebuilding of Japan after the war. Janet's father has not returned home yet, and her mother gets a job as an interpreter. Before the atomic bomb, Janet and her mother lives in Hiroshima and then moves to her father's family home.

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Keywords: Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; occupation; Sansei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Janet recalls on the day of the atomic bomb, she is at school cleaning the classroom in the morning. There is a big flash and loud noise. Then a big cloud appeared. Later she learns the city is destroyed and injured civilians start coming to the island. There are not enough rooms for the injured at the hospital.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Janet does not recall the family talking about the bombing. However, the war ends shortly after. Janet goes to the city to visit her mother and remembers seeing American soldiers. Janet's parents wanted to come back to the United States, but they are Japanese citizens. Therefore, Janet comes to the United States first and lives with her grandmother and uncle for a year in Long Beach, CA. A year later, Janet's parents come to the United States. Janice did not talk much about wartime. Janice learns about the war and the Japanese American experience in high school.

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Keywords: high school; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; occupation; Sansei

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